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The CIC Welcomes the University of Maryland and Rutgers University to Membership

Two More Top-Tier Research Institutions Join ConsortiumThe University of Maryland and Rutgers University have accepted invitations to join the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, effective July 1, 2013.Following the Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors approval of Maryland and Rutgers? applications to join the athletic conference, the matter of CIC membership was referred to CIC Provosts for action. The Provosts, who govern the CIC, voted unanimously to invite the University of Maryland and Rutgers University to join the consortium.

The addition of the University of Maryland and Rutgers University will increase CIC membership to 15 institutions, which includes the Big Ten Conference institutions and the University of Chicago. All CIC universities share a very strong research emphasis. Together CIC universities engage in $8.4 billion in funded research each year?the addition of these two universities will push that to $9.3 billion, and will add another 8 million library volumes and over 5,600 more full-time faculty to the collective resources of the consortium. In addition, these new colleagues bring leading-edge collaborative research projects in areas as diverse as biotechnology, transportation, cyber-security, and food safety research.

CIC Chair and Michigan State University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Kim A. Wilcox said, "We welcome Rutgers University and the University of Maryland, two top-tier public research institutions that share the academic values, aspirations and challenges of the CIC member universities."

Said CIC Executive Director Barbara McFadden Allen, "We are excited about building a bigger, more vibrant collaborative with a larger national footprint."About the CIC: The CIC is the nation's premier higher education consortium of top-tier research institutions, including the Big Ten Conference members and the University of Chicago. Through collaboration CIC members save money, share assets, and increase teaching, learning and research opportunities. Founded in 1958, CIC members engage in voluntary, sustained partnerships such as library collections and access collaborations; technology collaborations to build capacity at reduced costs; purchasing and licensing collaborations through economies of scale; leadership and development programs for faculty and staff; programs that allow students to take courses at other institutions; and study-abroad collaborations. For more information, please visit www.cic.net or watch a short video on the consortium.

Rutgers has filed a lawsuit against the Big East in an attempt to get out of the league's $10 million buyout fee and 27-month waiting period before it can join the Big Ten.

The lawsuit, filed in Middlesex County Court in New Jersey, was reported earlier by Courthouse News Service.

Rutgers contends in its complaint that the $10 million exit fee "arbitrarily applies to some, but not all, of the Big East football schools, and the effect is to penalize certain members if they seek to withdraw."

Rutgers points to the way the Big East allowed Syracuse, Pittsburgh, TCU and West Virginia to leave the league in less than the 27-month waiting period, and alleges the Big East has failed to collect $39.5 million in withdrawal fees from departing schools -- money that was set to be divided among remaining members.

The complaint states: "The court should accordingly enter an order declaring the Bylaws to be void and of no effect as between the parties, permitting Rutgers to withdraw from The Big East prior to July 1, 2015, or in alternative, declaring that The Big East has waived Rutgers' obligation to abide by the 27 months notice provision and the requirement of a withdrawal fee."

Actually, Florida State started out as an all-female college (Florida State College for Women). Florida State went co-ed in 1947, which not coincidentally was the same year that the school began participating in football.

Actually, Florida State started out as an all-female college (Florida State College for Women). Florida State went co-ed in 1947, which not coincidentally was the same year that the school began participating in football.

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Walking around that campus still has the feel of walking around the campus of a women's college given the female to male ratio there and the quality of women that put those at UF to shame.

There is something to be said, I guess, for a university stepping up and saying they will spend the cash to meet the requirements for membership - nothing like having someone who wants to be there pony up what they need beforehand.

I have no idea where to begin to research this, but what are FSU's chances of getting into the AAU in the next 2 years or so?

Actually, Florida State started out as an all-female college (Florida State College for Women). Florida State went co-ed in 1947, which not coincidentally was the same year that the school began participating in football.

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Interesting, but I guess I'm missing what that has to do with its circus program, though I note that it was also started in 1947 apparently.

There is something to be said, I guess, for a university stepping up and saying they will spend the cash to meet the requirements for membership - nothing like having someone who wants to be there pony up what they need beforehand.

I have no idea where to begin to research this, but what are FSU's chances of getting into the AAU in the next 2 years or so?

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